The Agriburb
Recalling The Suburban Side Of Ontario, California's Agricultural Colonization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8157049 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul J P Sandul (Stephen F. Austin State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-223 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Agricultural History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-1482 • E-ISSN: 1533-8290 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3098/ah.2010.84.2.195 |
| PMID | 20509233 |
| OpenAlex | W2065649313 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
This essay spotlights the development of Ontario, California, in the last decades of the nineteenth century. It demonstrates that many agricultural communities in California, particularly so-called agricultural colonies, represent a unique rural suburban type labeled here as "agriburbs." Agriburbs, such as Ontario, were communities consciously planned, developed, and promoted based on the drive for profit in emerging agricultural markets. Advertised as the perfect mix of rural and urban, they promised a superior middle-class lifestyle. On the one hand, agriburbs evoked the myths of agrarian security and virtue, a life on a farm in an environment that was good for both soil and soul. On the other hand, agriburbs were ideally urbane but not urban because of their many amenities that represented cultural symbols of modernity, refinement, and progress. An understanding of California's agriburbs deepens an appreciation for both the growth and development of California at the turn of the twentieth century and the diversity of suburban types across the American landscape
Agrarian society · Agriculture · Archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Middle class · Modernity · Mythology · Political science · Profit (economics · Rural area · Sociology · American Environmental and Regional History · American History and Culture · Canadian Identity and History · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |